Of course, the loot found by the investigators was also brought back in this way.

Yang Shuoming's gaze returned to the "loot" in front of him.

In front of him at this moment were two old Gatling guns.

Yang Shuoming looked at the "Guangxu" year name on the old guns of these two machine guns, which were already somewhat worn, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"It's really unthinkable that Liu Haozi would have this kind of machine gun." Zhao Erhu obviously knew what this was, and said in surprise on the side.

"It should have been sent by someone else." Lei turned his head and said, "Liu Haozi doesn't seem to be lying, he has been recruited." ”

Thinking that Zhang Jingyao actually used this old-fashioned machine gun to buy bandits, Yang Shuoming once again despised this super big straw bag in his heart.

This kind of old-fashioned machine gun is almost the same as it is used to defend a fixed position, and it is strange to attack with it without being tired to death.

At this time, Yang Shuoming was surprised that such an old-fashioned machine gun would appear in the equipment sequence of the Beiyang Army.

Could it be that the Beiyang Army, on which Yuan Shikai relied to make his fortune, used this kind of old broken thing instead of the Makqin heavy machine gun?

That's a bit miserable, isn't it?

Yang Shuoming carefully recalled the history of this era in his mind, compared some historical materials, and quickly figured out what was going on.

He remembered seeing such a record in a document that before the Xinhai Revolution, the Manchu magnates led by Prince Zaifeng of the Han Dynasty ordered the Makqin heavy machine guns and some heavy artillery equipped by the new army in various provinces to be sent to the capital and handed over to the Praetorian Guards. Because most of the Makqin heavy machine guns in the provinces were confiscated, in the later Wuchang Uprising, when the rebel soldiers occupied the armory, they could not find the Makqin machine guns to fight, so they had to move the old Gatling machine guns out of the inventory for emergency, which was also a miracle. Later, when the Beiyang Army attacked the three towns of Wuhan, the revolutionary army used these old antiques, and they were stunned to fight with the Beiyang Army.

And now, the same old Gatling machine guns are here, and it is easy to understand.

Yang Shuoming carefully observed the Gatling gun in front of him, and his eyes continued to flash relevant analysis data and information. As a traverser, he felt the vicissitudes of historical development in this old Gatling.

As one of the important milestones in the history of firearms, when the Gatling machine gun developed the manual machine gun to its peak, the emergence of automatic weapons represented by the Maxim machine gun made the Gatling machine gun fall into an embarrassment. After the invention of automatic weapons using automatic principles such as tube retreat, air conduction, free bolt and semi-free bolt machine, compared with these single-barreled automatic weapons, the advantages of the Gatling rotary tube machine gun no longer existed, but the shortcomings became more and more prominent. Compared with single-barreled machine guns, Gatling guns are bulky and inconvenient to maneuver; The high rate of fire of the Gatling gun was also not very significant for the battlefield conditions of the time, and in contrast, the lightweight automatic machine gun was more suitable for the battlefield conditions of the time. In addition, the newly introduced fixed-mount metal cartridge ammunition is expensive, and the excessively high rate of fire will undoubtedly put a lot of pressure on the officials in charge of finance. Thus, in 1911, after 45 years of service in the US army, the Gatling gun was officially decommissioned and bid farewell to the battlefield.

Although the Gatling gun is no longer in history, the unique design concept of this machine gun has not been buried in history. More than 30 years later, due to the progress of technology and the great changes in the battlefield environment, the unique design of the Gatling gun, which had been in the dust for many years, was recalled.

"It turned out to be a machine gun, I thought it was a cannon." Huang Yunzhi, who saw a Gatling gun for the first time, said in surprise, "There are so many barrels." ”

"Madame doesn't know, when you really shoot, not all the barrels fire, it turns to fire, and only turns to the top tube to fire." Lei turned his head to Huang Yunzhi and explained, "Actually, this kind of gun is still very powerful when it is used, I think that in Tianjin, Lao Sun and I drove a machine gun like this, and we were stunned to guard the street, and the foreign hairy ghost cried wolf, and I couldn't move a step, and then if it wasn't for the British devil to use it......" He seemed to remember something, sighed, shook his head, and didn't say any more.

Lei's words surprised Yang Shuoming in his heart, Yang Shuoming noticed that the corners of his eyes seemed to be a little moist, he understood what was going on, he didn't speak, and the expression on his face remained calm, as usual.

Huang Yunzhi didn't notice the more information in Ray's words, she curiously came to a Gatling gun, pushed it with her hand, and tested the weight of the machine gun.

"It's so heavy." She looked at Yang Shuoming, stuck out her tongue playfully, and said.

Yang Shuoming watched her movements, and somehow came to mind the sultry scene of her surname when she was firing with a modern hand-held Gatling machine gun in both hands, and couldn't help but be a little surprised by such a picture.

"What's wrong with you?" Huang Yunzhi noticed the weird smile that unconsciously appeared on the corner of Yang Shuoming's mouth when he looked at him, and his face couldn't help but turn red, and asked.

"Oh...... It's okay, it's okay. Yang Shuoming was secretly determined to make a new Gatling gun that could be carried by one person at the right time.

After spending this unquiet Chinese New Year's Eve, the next morning, as soon as the sky was bright, Yang Shuoming got up early and came to the battlefield outside the underground cave fort to inspect the battlefield last night.

Just as Huang Yunzhi estimated, looking at the corpses of about 400 bandits in the open space outside the cave fort and in front of the parapet ditch, Yang Shuoming also came to the same conclusion, Liu Haozi was incorporated into the Beiyang Army by Li Chun and Zhang Jingyao.

Because so many corpses that were killed were all wearing the uniforms of the Beiyang Army!

Under Yang Shuoming's orders, the security guards began to search for Liu Haozi's body among the corpses, as well as useful items that had not had time to be carefully searched last night.

After about half an hour, there was a sudden sound of people shouting and neighing horses in the distance.

"Captain Xu is here." A security guard reported to Yang Shuoming.

Soon, Xu Yuanjin, who was riding a horse, appeared in front of Yang Shuoming, Yang Shuoming noticed that the military uniform on his body was stained, the military hat that was originally very spiritual seemed to be broken, and the team members under him also looked smoky, and couldn't help but be taken aback.

What surprised him especially was that there were many people with scythes, hoes and other farm tools who came with the security team.

Xu Yuanjin saw Yang Shuoming standing among the bandits' corpses, and let out a long breath, Yang Shuoming noticed that his body was shaking on the horse's back, as if he was about to fall, and was about to remind him loudly, but Xu Yuanjin stabilized his body and jumped off the horse.

Seeing that Xu Yuanjin's movements were still very sharp, not like he was injured, Yang Shuoming was relieved.

"Why are you here?" Yang Shuoming greeted him and asked.

"I'm fucking running for nothing again." Xu Yuanjin looked at the dead bodies all over the ground and smiled self-deprecatingly, "It seems that you guys were very lively here last night." ”

"It's okay." Yang Shuoming smiled and said, "You went to Wu Tou'er in the mining area to help?" ”

"Of course." Xu Yuanjin glared at him angrily, "We are fighting so hard over there, and it's not far from your side, don't you hear?" ”

"Maybe I was playing my side at the time, so I didn't pay attention." Yang Shuoming said, "How is Wu Tou'er? You okay? ”

Due to the important location of the mining area guarded by Wu Jie, the defense force laid out is stronger than that of the underground cave fort, in addition to the six mortars that are also arranged, there are also eight old small bronze cannons (donated to the security team by a squire who loves to collect), the firepower is much stronger than this side, and the number of militia guarding there is also more than the underground cave fort.

"I made dumplings for them, and I caught a lot of captives alone." Xu Yuanjin pulled his neckline, took off his military hat, and looked around, "It's not like you here, you have killed so many fucking people, it's like a slaughterhouse." ”

"Why did you bring in all the people?" Yang Shuoming looked at the crowd around him and asked a little strangely.

"They came on their own initiative to protect the salt mines." Xu Yuanjin looked at Yang Shuoming with a smile and replied, "Your method of letting the people follow and join the shares is really amazing!" ”

Listening to Xu Yuanjin's words, Yang Shuoming smiled loudly, looking at the crowds gathered around him and the simple faces full of concern, he couldn't help but feel hot in his heart.

"As long as you can make the people live a good life, the people will follow you wholeheartedly." Xu Yuanjin sighed, "It's a pity that not everyone understands this truth. ”

"Some people understand this truth in vain, because they can't do it and don't want to do it." Yang Shuoming said.

While the two were talking, a security guard came quickly and reported to Yang Shuoming: "Liu Haozi's body has been found." ”

"You should have said that Brigade Commander Liu's body was found." Yang Shuoming said jokingly, beckoned to Xu Yuanjin, and asked him to go with him to see Liu Wenxuan's corpse.

"! He can be a brigade commander like this, and his old Yuan's qi is not much longer. Xu Yuanjin sneered and said.

"Actually, you, Captain Xu, it's no problem to be a division commander." Yang Shuoming looked at Xu Yuanjin and said with emotion, "It's a pity that the Qing Dynasty has no eyes and no beads, so that a talent like you is left in the people." ”

Listening to Yang Shuoming's words, Xu Yuanjin's body seemed to shake, and he stared at Yang Shuoming's eyes tightly, as if he wanted to know what he meant by this. He stared at it for a while, but he didn't find anything new in Yang Shuoming's eyes.

"It's the Republic of China now," Xu Yuanjin said as if laughing at himself, "but it gives me the feeling that it's not as good as the former Qing Dynasty." ”

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